Re: reset builtin

perlop has the following example

while (<>) {
    if (?^$?) {
        # blank line between header and body
        ...
    }
} continue {
    reset if eof;   # clear ?? status for next file
}
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Re^2: reset builtin by morgon (Priest) on Apr 06, 2009 at 22:37 UTC
Ok fair enough - I'll re-phrase my question: Can you show me a legitimate use of "reset 'X'" to reset all vars starting with X?	[reply]
Re^3: reset builtin by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 07, 2009 at 00:34 UTC
No. There are uses for clearing an entire package (including subs), but it doesn't look like `reset` does that from the docs.	[reply] [d/l]